The Cultural Institute welcomes new Associate Director, Wieke Eringa. We caught up with Wieke to see how she’s getting on with her new role. How are your first few weeks at the Cultural Institute? “Falling with your nose in the butter” is a Dutch saying describing unexpected luck and fortune…

Leeds Creative Labs announces its latest iteration: PGR Edition. Meet the students taking on the challenge. Once again we are in the creative sandbox of Leeds Creative Labs. …

Find out who we’ve selected to produce work as part of the Inspired by Bragg programme. Inspired by Bragg brings together minds and ideas from across the University of Leeds and beyond to celebrate Sir William Henry Bragg — a former professor at Leeds who was jointly awarded the Nobel…

Reflections on #BeyondMeasure Twitter chat by Mafwa Theatre. — On 17th July 2020 we ran the first of a series of “Twitter chats” as part of the Beyond Measure Arts and Health online programme of events. Our brief for the discussion was focused on ‘Ethics and Equity’ in this area, which we were more than happy to take on…

Earlier this year, we had our first slice of CAKE — Creative Artistic Knowledge Exchange, find out how it went. What is CAKE? Creative Artistic Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) is an initiative borne from the desire at the Cultural Institute to further open up collaborative pathways between local arts organisations and the opportunities and…

Benedetta d’Ettorre, researcher, and Karen Watson, Artistic Director of East Street Arts, reflect on the importance of Collaborative Research models on the cultural sector and what sustainability could mean to artist-led spaces. Discovering the Impact of Artist-Led Spaces and Collaborative PhDs We caught up with Benedetta d’Ettorre, researcher, who undertook…

Artists and Researchers embark on an open-ended, creative collaboration.

Glitter, dance, singing and a frozen winter wonderland — find out how you can enjoy the last few days of term here on campus. What a few weeks it has been here on campus! From pop-up performances to Fire Breathers, we can certainly thank the Campus Live team for making…

Have an old iPhone sitting in your box of wires? Maybe its time to dust it off and put it into good use. ‘A creative solution to the global problem of electronic waste could begin at home, in that special drawer where yards of mystery cables and chargers, antiquated phones…